The outpouring of grief over the death of Qasem Soleimani really is nothing less than astonishing and it’s coming almost entirely from the American left and the American media.
Let us recall that Soleimani was responsible for the deaths of 600 American soldiers and Marines and blew the limbs off thousands more in a country not his own. It is reported that he was making plans that could have resulted in the deaths of hundreds more.
Let us also recall that Barack Obama helped finance these kinds of operations, including the attack on the US Embassy in Baghdad.
Protests were scheduled all over the US in support of Soleimani:
Several anti-war groups planned more than 70 protests throughout the country Saturday to show their dissent against the Pentagon’s decision to kill Iran’s top general, Qasem Soleimani, and to send 3,500 more troops to the Middle East.
The groups, which include left-wing organizations such as Code Pink and Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER), organized the protests to take place in front of the White House in Washington, DC, in Times Square in New York, at Chicago’s Trump Tower, and at the Brandenberg Gate in Germany, among other places.
“The targeted assassination and murder of a central leader of Iran is designed to initiate a new war,” ANSWER stated on its website. “Unless the people of the United States rise up and stop it, this war will engulf the whole region and could quickly turn into a global conflict of unpredictable scope and potentially the gravest consequences.”
BOSTON (CBS/AP) — Critics of President Donald Trump’s decision to authorize the killing of Iran’s top general are planning protests across Massachusetts on Saturday.
Protesters gathered Saturday at 2 p.m. at Boston’s Park Street Station to demand that presidential candidates and members of Congress speak out on the crisis and that Congress take urgent action.
They could be heard chanting phrases such as “occupation is a crime from Iraq to Palestine” and “hey hey, ho ho, imperialism has got to go.”
Other protests are planned Saturday in Arlington, Andover, Northampton and Walpole.
But for pure stupidity, you just can’t beat democrats.
The Radical Islamic Lobby, otherwise known as “The Squad”, was all over Trump:
All four far-left members of the “Squad” accused President Trump of leading the United States to the brink of war by greenlighting a strike that resulted in the death of Iranian terror chief Qasem Soleimani.
The freshmen Democrats condemned Trump’s decisive military action that led to the death of Iran’s top military general, Soleimani, who reportedly approved of the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and was “actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region,” according to the Pentagon.
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) condemned the military action and asserted that Trump is bringing the U.S. to the brink of war, which “endangers us all.”
Tlaib and Omar were exploiting the event for donations.
Elizabeth Warren lamented Soleimani
You are threatening to commit war crimes. We are not at war with Iran. The American people do not want a war with Iran. This is a democracy. You do not get to start a war with Iran, and your threats put our troops and diplomats at greater risk. Stop. pic.twitter.com/RoXRgb9GsK
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) January 5, 2020
Skipping over the painful little detail that this monster killed and maimed thousands of Americans while not being “at war” with the US. One wonders how many American deaths it would take for her to care, although at one time she seemed to care.
CT Senator Chris Murphy made it very clear he is oblivious to irony, but I have never considered him an intellectual.
Oh, and the media. SMH
New York Times reporter Farnaz Fassihi promoted propaganda created by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Friday following the Pentagon confirming that it had killed General Qasem Soleimani, who commanded the IRGC’s Quds Force.
This moron actually posted a tweet of Soleimani reading poetry
Rare personal video of Gen. Suleimani reciting poetry shared by a source in #Iran. About friends departing & him being left behind.#قاسم_سليماني pic.twitter.com/vUX4LrkMQY
— Farnaz Fassihi (@farnazfassihi) January 3, 2020
Anderson Cooper compared Soleimani to Charles DeGaulle.
MSNBC made the assertion that the Iran-backed attackers of the US Embassy in Baghdad were “war heroes.”
And what of the reaction from those who actually lived under Soleimani’s evil?
Iranians celebrated.
The best news I could’ve heard in 2020 is this! Thank you Mr.Trump. #TnxPOTUS4Soleimani pic.twitter.com/bqRlhUSLWP
— فرهاد(هیجده چرخ سابق) (@VNL70) January 3, 2020
Iraqis celebrated:
Iraqi people celebrating now in Tahrir Square, #Baghdad after news of Qassem Suleimani’s killing.#Iraq #Iran pic.twitter.com/RKhZRuKXNm
— Sara Assaf (@SaraAssaf) January 3, 2020
They baked cakes
https://twitter.com/thestevennabil/status/1212967563828744192
Syrians celebrated with candies and sweets:
חיסול סולימאני | באדליב שבסוריה מחלקים דברי מתיקה ברחובות וחוגגים את מותו של קאסם סולימאני @Generalzini pic.twitter.com/qTskNylNZQ
— חדשות 13 (@newsisrael13) January 3, 2020
Again, it is impossible to overstate the significance of this action. This is much more substantial than the killing of Osama bin Laden. It’s even more substantial than the killing of Baghdadi.
It seems those whose lives suffered under Soleimani appreciate Trump’s actions, while those isolated and comfortable in their American enclaves and having political motivation see otherwise. As we have previously noted, obama could kill just about anyone he wanted, including turning a wedding into a funeral and killing four Americans (a 16 year old among them) without more than a raised eyebrow from the media and the left.
That renders their pleadings impotent.
Next: Trump’s permission slip
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